The following are examples of Ice shelves:

Example 1: Ice Shelf

The seward edge of an ice shelf in Antarctica showing some calving or breaking off at the edges.
Calving or breaking
Example 2: ICE SHELF

The seward edge of an ice shelf in Antarctica showing its height, level surface and extension from the coastline hills in the distance.
Height and level surface
Example 3: ICE SHELF

Ariel view of an ice shelf. Notice how far it extends into the sea from the land base.
Arial view of an ice shelf extending into the sea


The following are often confused with ice shelves but are not the same:

Not an example Glacier

A large body of land ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface.
Not an example Iceberg

A large piece of floating ice that has calved, or broken off a glacier or an ice shelf.
Not an example Ice sheets

Thick glacier covering a large area - over 50,000 km - and moving outward in all directions covering the underlying topography of the land.